The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-08-25


10 q neishboring manufacturing town
They had heard OF bis brothers millions.
He had the foreclosure suit discontinue5,
paid Mswley bis interest, got his mort
gage extended indehnitely, aud what's
more, his business picked up so that he
paid q large sum on account all around
among his creditors. They said Elisha
10 doing II for him." He painted aud re-
furnished the old Snow house He ran
slightly into debt in doing il, but his girls
had some new clothes sent them from New
York. He donned a new suit OF broad
cloth. and--be Was happy. He Was on
bis feet Slsyton Was utterly nonplassed.
Ia vain the willy practitioner went about
spreading doubts as to Elisha having. ANY
money whatever. "why don't be buy the
organ2" he kept saying until people COM
merced 70 wonder why indeed.
AZ soon a. the rumor spread about that
ElishA VAS childless. aud that he intended
leaving his money 10 equal shares TO his
sir niscss. they went OF literally like bot
cakes. Mawley. junior. who really loved
the girl. married Bessie. and Then they all
married off in patches OF two. until the
youngest refused to marry at all, saying,
With her finger at her lip, she preferred to
stay with her father,
ln one year all this happened. Amasa
Snow was now successful man-his
debts paid aud practice increasing One
day the rumor reached him why did not
Elisha pay for that organ?
He went to Elisha 1T is time, be
said, "for You to disappear.
"rm very contented." protested Elisha,
reading the newspaper and sitting in the
hotel. II agrees with me. don't want
to disappear.
He liked the adnlation extended to him
on the around that he was q millionaire
He played the easy. well fed, rich plauto-
crat revisiting his New England home TO
perfection His acting was consummate
because it was nature itself, without a
mirror being held up to II. He had just
that amount Of narrowness, close. fsted-
ness, Of sagacions doubt as the motives Of
Of men who approached him with schemes
Of investment; he acted the millionaire to
perfection, and he never overdid it,
'Amasa, / cant CO." be said. "They
think I'm such good man to make money
They have actually brought money to me
for me to make more for them. Yes, I've
received over fifty thousand dollars for in
yestment within the last month"
"Great Scott" exclaimed Amasa, "This
is dreadful ! see state prison before us, "
''Its just what the Grand American
Eagle mine needs" said Elisha, swelling
himself out ia little money"
"Wel. take the money and go, then
gol will have nothing to do with this
nothing"
Amasa was very angry. He resolved to
be responsible for his brother no longer.
He went to his daughter, all but one now
married and in happy, we'll to do homes.
"Your uncle aud have had row." be
said. "Ho is going back to California"
And the new organ, the gymnasium,
the public library?
"Well, be is mad about something He
says the town has slighted him. But one
thing must be understood, whatever be
does-I wash my hands Of him forever"
Elisha did leave few days later. He
took away about hundred thousand dol
lars OF widows and orphans funds, went
to California, put his money into various
enterprises, paid the beneficiaries eight
per cent interest, was honest ss the day,
and died few years ago worth great
deal Of money, which he left, share and
share alike, to his bre theirs six girls, and
he left thousand dollars for the new
organ.
Amass still lives fairly well to do old
country lawyer slightly in debt still, in
East Chesterville. But he IS the adored
grandpa Of twelve Of the dearest little
grandchildren, and lie often says to them
benignly, children, have put all-snd
my self Ion our feet. Yes, but bad to |
tell your mother an awful liel'
"What was the lie, grand popper?"
Il had to say the LATEST man alive
your granduncle, children Il had to say
the penniless old rascal your grandfath
er's brother, my dcars, who had robbed
me OF all had in one OF bis mines, ths
Grand American Eagle Gold and Silver
! had to say, and stand TO II. that he was
one Of the biggest millionsires on the
Pacific coastl But that lie has put us oil
on our feet. -RIcHiRD II. ROE in Hmpe,''s
Weekly.